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author | Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org> | 2004-02-08 21:24:28 +0000 |
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committer | Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org> | 2004-02-08 21:24:28 +0000 |
commit | c0c9d053bac795e41bfc47b6089bbeee43e73867 (patch) | |
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* doc/runtest.1: Improve some wording. Update last revision date.
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diff --git a/doc/runtest.1 b/doc/runtest.1 index 9e52b3f..09e7a45 100644 --- a/doc/runtest.1 +++ b/doc/runtest.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH runtest 1 "29 Jul 2003" +.TH runtest 1 "2004-02-09" .SH NAME runtest \- the DejaGnu test driver program .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ runtest \- the DejaGnu test driver program [ options ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I DejaGnu -is a framework for running test suites on GNU tools. It is written in -expect, which uses Tcl (Tool command language). +is a framework for running testsuites. It is written in Expect, which +in turn uses Tcl, the Tool command language. .B runtest -is the test driver program; use it to control what tests to run, -and variations on how to run them. - +is the test driver program; use it to control what tests to run, and +variations on how to run them. You can find a comprehensive description of DejaGnu and \fBruntest\fR in .I The DejaGnu Testing Framework @@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ programs (like \fBtip\fR) don't use this value but instead use a separate initialization file. .TP .BI --connect \ type -The type of connection to use. The choices are +The type of connection to use. The supported types are .BR rlogin , .BR telnet , .BR rsh , @@ -40,9 +39,8 @@ and .B --debug Turn on .B expect -internal debugging output. All output is logged to -a file called \fBdbg.out\fR. -The output of the \fB--strace\fR also goes into this file. +internal debugging output. The output is logged to a file called +\fBdbg.out\fR. .TP .B --help Prints out a help screen and then exits. @@ -75,7 +73,8 @@ Reboot the target board when \fBruntest\fR initializes .BI --strace \ N Turns on .B expect -internal tracing to \fIN\fR levels deep. +internal tracing to \fIN\fR levels deep. The output is logged to a +file called \fBdbg.out\fR. .TP .BI --target \ type The configuration string for the target. @@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ Any file name on the command line is assumed to be a subset of the test names to run. Usually these are the names of the expect test driver, ie... special.exp. -Makefile style variables are used to specify tool names and their +Makefile-style variables are used to specify tool names and their flags; these and other configuration dependent values are saved in the file \fBsite.exp\fR, created during configuration. .SH EXIT CODES |